2016 Toronto Rock season

2016 Toronto Rock
League NLL
Division 5th East
2016 record 5-13
Home record 4-5
Road record 1-8
Goals for 190
Goals against 224
General Manager Jamie Dawick
Coach John Lovell
Captain Colin Doyle
Alternate captains Sandy Chapman
Patrick Merrill
Josh Sanderson
Arena Air Canada Centre
Team leaders
Goals Rob Hellyer (45)
Assists Rob Hellyer (69)
Points Rob Hellyer (114)
Penalties in minutes Billy Hostrawser (95)
Loose Balls Brodie Merrill (180)
Wins Nick Rose (5)
Goals against average Nick Rose (11.26)
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The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2016 season was the 19th in franchise history, and 18th as the Rock.

After an 0-6 start to the season, the Rock were able to turn things around, winning three of four including a 17-6 shelling of the Knighthawks.[1] But the turnaround was temporary, as injuries decimated the team. The Rock only won two more games the rest of the season, finishing out of the playoffs for the first time since 2009.

Regular season

Finalstandings

Reference: [2]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Buffalo Bandits – xyz18135.7220.08–15–4251214+3713.9411.89
2New England Black Wolves – x17107.5882.56–24–5221202+1913.0011.88
3Georgia Swarm – x18810.4445.04–54–5238240-213.2213.33
4Rochester Knighthawks17611.3536.53–53–6190207-1711.1812.18
5Toronto Rock18513.2788.04–51–8190224-3410.5612.44
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Saskatchewan Rush – xy18135.7220.07–26–3233190+4312.9410.56
2Colorado Mammoth – x18126.6671.08–14–5203202+111.2811.22
3Calgary Roughnecks – x18810.4445.05–43–6216216012.0012.00
4Vancouver Stealth18513.2788.04–51–8198245-4711.0013.61

x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games Played
W: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowed
Differential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game

Game log

Regular season

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 9, 2016 @ Georgia Swarm Infinite Energy Arena L 7–12 9,087 0–1
2 January 14, 2016 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre L 7–12 9,387 0–2
3 January 16, 2016 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena L 5–12 8,365 0–3
4 January 23, 2016 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 6–12 13,359 0–4
5 January 29, 2016 Georgia Swarm Air Canada Centre L 17–20 10,345 0–5
6 February 14, 2016 @ New England Black Wolves Mohegan Sun Arena L 16–17 OT 3,512 0–6
7 February 19, 2016 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre W 14–12 7,837 1–6
8 February 27, 2016 Rochester Knighthawks Air Canada Centre W 17–6 10,299 2–6
9 March 11, 2016 Calgary Roughnecks Air Canada Centre L 10–15 8,178 2–7
10 March 13, 2016 Vancouver Stealth Air Canada Centre W 9–6 8,185 3–7
11 March 25, 2016 Saskatchewan Rush Air Canada Centre L 9–11 8,836 3–8
12 March 26, 2016 @ Saskatchewan Rush SaskTel Centre L 8–13 13,123 3–9
13 April 2, 2016 @ Vancouver Stealth Langley Events Centre W 9–6 3,560 4–9
14 April 9, 2016 New England Black Wolves Air Canada Centre L 10–14 10,128 4–10
15 April 15, 2016 Buffalo Bandits Air Canada Centre W 12–9 9,237 5–10
16 April 16, 2016 @ Buffalo Bandits First Niagara Center L 8–14 17,270 5–11
17 April 23, 2016 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 5–10 14,122 5–12
18 April 30, 2016 @ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome L 17–18 OT 15,980 5–13

Roster

Toronto Rock roster
Active (20-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  • 16 Canada Jamie Batson
  • 74 Canada Colin Boucher
  •  5 Canada Sandy Chapman (A)
  • 44 Canada Jeff Gilbert
  • 91 Canada Bill Hostrawser
  • 20 Canada Bradley Kri
  • 14 Canada Rob Marshall
  • 48 Canada Luc Magnan
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 39 Canada Steve Fryer (G)
Injured Reserve
  • 21 Canada Bill Greer (D)
  • 97 Canada Mark Farthing (D)
  • 11 Canada Brett Hickey (F)
  • 88 Canada Scott Johnston (D)
  •  9 Canada Patrick Merrill (A) (D)
  •  3 Canada Brock Sorensen (T)
Protected list
  • 23 Canada Mike Grimes
Unable to play
Head Coach
  • John Lovell
Assistant Coaches
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2016-02-24
NLL Transactions

Transactions

Trades

September 28, 2015 To Toronto Rock
Mike Grimes
34th overall selection, 2015 entry draft		 To Georgia Swarm
29th overall selection, 2015 entry draft
2nd round selection, 2018 entry draft
October 12, 2015 To Toronto Rock
Dan Lintner
2nd round selection, 2016 entry draft		 To New England Black Wolves
Kevin Crowley

Entry Draft

The 2015 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 28, 2015.[3] The Rock made the following selections:

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
210 Turner Evans
217 Luc Magnan
434 Kyle Acquin
653 Jamie Batten
654 Tyler Roche

See also

References

  1. ↑ Chavez, Bob (March 1, 2016). "Toronto Rock back on track after 2 straight wins". Inside Lacrosse. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ "2015 NLL Entry Draft Results". SwarmItUp.com. September 28, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
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